WVC 15 - 2 - 53
§15-2-53. State law-enforcement association members annual leave
program.
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the
contrary, members of the largest statewide professional
law-enforcement association representing members of the West
Virginia State Police may donate annual leave time to the president
of the association. The president may designate the vice president
of the association or the chairman of the association's board of
directors to act on his or her behalf. The West Virginia State
Police will calculate the dollar value of the donated leave based
on the hourly rate of the donor multiplied by the number of hours
of annual leave to be donated and the donee will use the annual
leave at the present dollar value of the donee's hourly rate. The
donated annual leave may be used by the president or designee in
the performance of his or her duties including: (1) Assistance to
members; and (2) the legislative session and legislative meetings.

(b) When the president of the association or his or her
designee uses the donated annual leave he or she is considered on
personal annual leave of absence with pay just as if he or she used
his or her annual leave. While the president of the association or
his or her designee are using donated annual leave, all payroll
deductions and employee status are maintained as if he or she had

used his or her regularly accrued annual leave. All donated leave
that is not used by July 1 of every year will be forfeited to the
state and no unused donated leave may be used to add to the president's or his or her designee's retirement.

(c) No member of the association shall be considered absent
from service as a member of the West Virginia State Police while
serving as president of the association, or as his or her designee
in that capacity: Provided, That the period of service credit
granted for that service shall not exceed ten years: Provided,
however, That a member of the West Virginia State Police Retirement
System who is serving or has served as president of the
association, or as his or her designee, shall make deposits to the
West Virginia State Police Retirement Fund, for the time of any
absence, in an amount equal to the sum of the amount which both the
employer and the employee would have contributed in his or her
regular assignment for a like period of time: Provided further,
That if the president of the association, or his or her designee,
is a member of the West Virginia State Police Death, Disability and
Retirement Fund, he or she may not receive service credit for time
spent serving as president or the president's designee.

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